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Disclaimer: It's been a few years since I was torrenting regularly. This week I went searching for a few specific torrents, and I was shocked and dismayed by the state of things.

First, I wanted to download a bunch of movie soundtracks. A few years ago, this would have been fairly straightforward. But I was surprised to find that, well, I couldn't find. Almost all the albums I went after were nowhere to be found.

Then, last night, I tried to torrent the new Superman. I downloaded 3 different torrents... each one had a super annoying, non-transparent watermark moving around the screen constantly. It made the movie totally unwatchable.

Is this really the state of piracy? What happened??

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[โ€“] gtrcoi@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is Superman even out of cinimas yet? Idk what rose coloured past you are looking at, but shitty cams have been around forever. I haven't needed to download music in over a decade thanks to streaming, so I can't comment on if anyone even bothers to upload music torrents anymore.

[โ€“] mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Shitty cams are fine! It's the SUPER prominent, constantly-moving watermark that kills me.